BioGill helps NewTech textile company go green

Shanghai, China: As demand for textile products increases across the world, wastewater generated from textile processing also increases. Many chemicals and dyes are used in the textile industry and when untreated effluent enters waterways, this causes major environmental and health issues.

Enter NewTech Textile Technology Development, a new generation, Shanghai-based company making coloration and printing processes more environmentally friendly, clean and sustainable. As part of the company’s commitment to environmental best practices, NewTech is now trialling an innovative biological technology to treat textile wastewater onsite.

Known as BioGill, the technology is built on the premise of harnessing the power of Mother Nature. Nano ceramic media, known as “gills”, provide the ideal oxygen rich habitat for microorganisms, Nature’s best recyclers, to grow and flourish. This increases nutrient removal from wastewater, resulting in high level reductions of Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and organics.

Outlining the company’s approach, NewTech’s General Manager said, “We were keen to test this technology because improved environmental operations are a key part of our business strategy, with our ultimate goal being zero discharge of dyeing and printing wastewater.”

With the first results now in from the independent laboratory, the BioGill technology is achieving, on average, BOD reductions of 82%, and COD reductions of 74%.

Commenting on the results, John West, Executive Chairman, BioGill said, “This project was designed to measure the suitability of BioGill for the textile industry and these results show how successfully the technology can treat extremely difficult industrial wastewater.”

The demonstration project was managed by Youbo, BioGill’s authorized Distributor in Shanghai. A full-scale wastewater treatment plant is now being designed with a complementary technology incorporated to remove inorganic waste from the influent.

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For more information, please contact:

BioGill, John West, Executive Chairman & Founder. P: +61 2 8543 2200 │ M: +61 438 773 703 │E: [email protected] │ www.biogill.com